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Thank you to all those who defend our right to participate in a free democracy and strive for justice, truth and compassion.

#AllOurRights #BetterIsPossible #Xmas2024

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Screen with words Human Rights Day Celebrating Solidarity

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Joyous choir of women singing

On #HumanRightsDay in #Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 we protest 🪧 and celebrate solidarity x resistance 🫶🏽 and nourish ourselves with poetry, singalongs and warm, hearty soup 🤎

#BringBackTheBill #RightToFood #AllOurRights

We are committed to working with disabled people’s organisations to push decision-makers to develop effective, inclusive policies. Only by doing this can we ensure the equity of realisation of #AllOurRights

📢 Join us to explore the Scottish Human Rights Bill: what its exclusion from the legislative programme means and how the third sector can respond.

🔗Learn more & sign up: https://t.co/Q8n55N7fIl

#Scotland #AllOurRights https://t.co/Q7EQLh88Yg

Excited to be part of this inspirational conference today to:

🗣️ talk about #HumanRights in #Scotland
⚖️ highlight the value of #AllOurRights
🧭 connect and work together to use human rights as a tool for meaningful change twitter.com/HRCScotland/status/18338...

"A new Human Rights Bill for Scotland, strengthening everyone’s rights in law, is a must" - @emmaleehutton

#AllOurRights twitter.com/ThirdForceNews/status/18...

📣 Along with over 100 other organisations, we have signed a letter to @JohnSwinney calling on him to put the Human Rights Bill at the heart of his new government's agenda: https://t.co/Z9Su1FhTAd

#AllOurRights https://t.co/x2idJ4zdHB

📢 News Alert! 📰

🔍 Check out the latest edition of the @Baring_Found #newsletter
🛡️Learn more about #AccessToJustice & #HumanRights
⚖️Read about our #AllOurRights campaign in #Scotland

👇 twitter.com/Baring_Found/status/1747...

To give up hope is to give up fighting for progress - TFN Emma Hutton says that support for human rights is stronger than ever in Scotland

"It’s easy for those in power to make rhetorical commitments to human rights. What matters is whether those warm words are matched by practical action" - @emmaleehutton

🔍 Read the full article: https://t.co/CpzLCHk4k4

#AllOurRights #HumanRights #AccessToJustice https://t.co/INRMWgYdrQ

🌐 We welcome the steps taking by the @scotgov and we recognise the importance of bringing economic, social, cultural and environmental rights into Scots law. However, we ask the Scot Gov to go as far as devolution allows to bring #AllOurRights into law.

Alongside @HRCScotland, @AmnestyScotland, @Rights_Real, we have organised this event to talk about

⚖️ #accesstojustice in #Scotland

🗓️ plans for the implementation of the new Scottish Human Rights Bill which will incorporate #AllOurRights into Scots law

We are excited to be part of this event today to celebrate #HumanRightsDay and to emphasize the need to move forward with the new Scottish Human Rights Bill, enabling more people across #Scotland to access their rights. #AllOurRights 🧵

✊ Together with other orgs across #Scotland, we have signed this joint letter urging the @scotgov to take progressive measures to ensure that all of our #HumanRights become a reality for everyone in Scotland.

🔍 Read our joint letter: https://t.co/t30amd7Gvr

#AllOurRights https://t.co/oLq0JRwvzH

📣 increase knowledge on the universality and indivisibility of human rights, especially among young people
✊ inspire people to create a movement of shared humanity while empowering them to fight for their rights
▶️ take action to make #AllOurRights real in #Scotland

Scotland’s Human Rights Bill: the right to an effective remedy is essential to the new framework

⚖️ We talked about the importance of #humanrights in our communities across UK and #Scotland and what we can do to incorporate #AllOurRights into law so that everyone can benefit from them: www.justrightscotland.org.uk/get-involved/campaign/85...

"Scotland’s lawmakers have shown leadership in advancing human rights, which we hope to see continue with a new Scottish human rights bill. This stands in stark contrast to the current toxic legislation emanating from the Westminster parliament" - @emmaleehutton

#AllOurRights https://t.co/bBg5

At JustRight Scotland, we are focusing on #AccessToJustice as part of our national campaign, which aims to raise awareness about #AllOurRights in #Scotland and why access to justice must be a fundamental aspect of this new Human Rights Bill for Scotland

🔗https://t.co/EAzIceApxj

#HumanRights apply because you are a human. The UK Gov can't pick who gets rights and who doesn't"

#AllOurRights #RefugeesWelcome #HumanRights

🤔 Want to learn more?

🎥 watch our short video and support our 13 calls for action to increase #AccessToJustice for everyone in #Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@HRCScotland #AllOurRights

https://youtu.be/NB61BbUK1e0?si=otH-6kW1h7SfVAGZ

🛡️What can be done to improve our legal system in
#Scotland?

🔓 Put all of our human rights into law
⚖️ Introduce radical reform of legal aid

#AllOurRights

Our CEO @emmaleehutton together with @lucy___miller from @HRCScotland are highlighting why our 13 Calls to Actions are fundamental to make human rights justice a reality for all

#AllOurRights

✊ Proud to have supported @Maryhill_IN Voices group and @VOICESNetworkUK

🚍 #FreeBusTravel will have a huge positive impact on our communities in #Scotland

#AllOurRights twitter.com/Maryhill_IN/status/17193...

📣 Over a week ago, we submitted our responses to the Scottish Government’s consultation on a #HumanRights Bill

🛡️ We believe that the Scot Gov should go further to help build a better future for all & ensure #AllOurRights are protected in law: https://bit.ly/48MI1Vk

🗣️ Speaking with our Director @Babsbol about the implementation of the new #HumanRights Bill for #Scotland we highlight our hopes for the future

🎧 Listen to our #podcast here:
https://t.co/eF5ZDyn7Wj

#AllOurRights

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⚖️ We believe that further work is needed to ensure this Bill goes as far as possible to protect #AllOurRights

🔁 We ask for continuous engagement in the months ahead, and for the draft Bill to be shared with third sector orgs before it is introduced to the Scottish Parliament

JustRight Scotland: Our statement on the Scottish Human Rights Bill Consultation

📣 The consultation on a new Human Rights Bill for #Scotland closes on 5th October

⚖️ We believe that further work is needed to ensure this Bill goes as far as possible to protect #AllOurRights

➡️ Read our full statement here: https://bit.ly/3rtO1S4

At JustRight Scotland, we believe that there are key areas where the Scottish Government can and should go further to help build a better future for all and ensure #AllOurRights are protected in law. 📹 Watch our video to find out more:

"You can’t have a right without a remedy.
If there’s no redress when someone’s rights are breached, it’s not really a right at all" - @emmaleehutton

#AllOurRights #HumanRights #Scotland twitter.com/emmaleehutton/status/169...

Our CEO @emmaleehutton welcomed @S_A_Somerville to our offices today. We spoke about: ⚖️how @scotgov can mitigate the impact of the #RefugeeBanBill in #Scotland
🛡️ensuring Scotland's new Human Rights Bill will protect #AllOurRights
📈our work & increased needs for our services

Scottish Just Law Centre Pt. 1 This episode features our Scottish Just Law Centre (SJLC) which aims to reduce discrimination and disadvantage in Scotland by helping people use equalities and human rights law as an effective tool for social change.  We talk with the team about their work, their recent case on access to higher education for migrant students in Scotland, about the current policy work they are focusing on including the Scottish Government’s consultation for the Human Rights Bill, their strategic trauma-informed approach to help and support people across our communities.   We hear more about their new project about Access To Justice in Scotland – you can find out more about it on our next episode so don’t miss it!   Tune in now to learn about the incredible work that Barbara Bolton, Maisie Wilson and Ronan Duff are doing in Scotland, why their services are so important and how organisations can get in touch.      Useful links:  https://www.justrightscotland.org.uk/what-we-do/equality-disability/  https://www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2023/01/my-first-year-anniversary-as-legal-caseworker-for-the-scottish-just-law-centre/  https://www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2023/05/access-to-higher-education-for-migrant-students-is-now-a-real-right/ 

📩Download our episode: https://www.podbean.eu/eas/pb-dd39w-d4d9a6

🔍Read more about our landmark legal case: www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2023/05/access-to-higher...

#Equality #HumanRights #AllOurRights